Will this EMP bomb work?
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From: Sammy Sams on 14 Apr 2010 12:54 On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:18:56 -0700, osr wrote: > > Do you realize you just offered to pay for a device that would be a > potential terrorist tool of choice? > We have nothing to fear from terrorists. Our only fear should be people like you. It is a fascinating topic and question. I encourage everyone to explore and experiment in any area they choose -- even the area of explosives and destructive EMP. Do it, baby! Destroy those circuits! Blow up that garbage can! Let the f****** critics be damned!
From: Adam Freeman on 14 Apr 2010 12:55 o...(a)uakron.edu wrote: > > > Steve > > > > You may want to look up on the notion of precrime and actus/mens rea. > > > > Adam Freeman > > I don't care, that is not the way security works. I Know all about > preserving the right to learn and the philosophy of education. > However, you hit the "nutjob" flag in the way you posed the question. I've often asked for and sometimes paid for advice on Usenet. It is you who have read into something which isn't there. > Do you realize you just offered to pay for a device that would be a > potential terrorist tool of choice? So is underwear or shoes, apparently. You going to ban those too? > Do you realize from a engineering point of view, you asked a absurd > question? How so, young one? I have 30 years of experience in mechanical engineering and am retired already. > Do you realize that in this day and age, no one will answer those > sort of questions, to a potential threat,in a public forum? I asked other such questions in a public forum under different email aliases. Haven't had any problems from the authorities where I live. Of course I have an explosives and firearms license. Even paid a private contractor (found through Usenet) a lot of money to install a two stage helium gas gun at my farm. > Do you realize it takes the staff and resources of a major, if not > world class, laboratory to answer your questions? I've worked in the "establishment" long enough to know you can sometimes find gems of people who know the majority of knowledge of these places. The rest just deal with minor details or work in non- technical areas. > Even though it would take a exceptional team of people to build a > prototype, some things are just not for the asking. > And the reason is, such small devices, IF they worked, would be used > against "SOFT" civil targets such as hospitals and banks. Why? You have been presumed guilty before a guilty deed? > If you can't even realize the notion that the explosive "IS" the > switch, and do not know about storage time,...... Oh well, never > mind.... I am not quite sure what you mean by the first statement. As for the second, I can theoretically work it out but I do not know if the theoretical calculations are valid in such transient time frames. > Wanting to learn is one thing, but offering to pay made your post > another... Some people may wish to provide advice for free. I respect that. Others may feel it takes their time to help, or they want a token of appreciation. I also respect that.
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 14 Apr 2010 13:50 Adam Freeman wrote: [snip] > > I asked other such questions in a public forum under different email > aliases. Haven't had any problems from the authorities where I live. Why aliases? And if you are OK with using aliases, why are you using something that looks like an actual name? I'm guessing that you ARE the authorities and you folks are trolling for some suckers to give you something you can use to justify budget for manpower/investigations. Things must be mighty slow over there at Homeland Security. -- Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Have gnu, will travel.
From: Tim Wescott on 14 Apr 2010 14:03 Adam Freeman wrote: > o...(a)uakron.edu wrote: >> Um, Somebody is gonna want to "know a bit about you for their >> files." > > None of their business. I have broken no law in the jurisdiction I am > in. Anyone in the US, on the other hand, would find that the State Department probably views an EMP bomb as a defense article*, and would strongly discourage** US citizens providing technology and support for the design of defense articles that may be exported improperly. Other countries probably have similar views. If you're going to go out in public and offer money for the design of a defense article, you should expect to be grilled. * That's an export control law euphemism for "weapon", by the way. ** Think iron bars and concrete walls, and really really surly room service. -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
From: Adam Freeman on 14 Apr 2010 14:05
Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: > Adam Freeman wrote: > > [snip] > > > > I asked other such questions in a public forum under different email > > aliases. Haven't had any problems from the authorities where I live. > > Why aliases? And if you are OK with using aliases, why are you using > something that looks like an actual name? I'm guessing that you ARE the > authorities and you folks are trolling for some suckers to give you > something you can use to justify budget for manpower/investigations. Things > must be mighty slow over there at Homeland Security. So people are not allowed to have aliases these days? You are a Nazi and don't even know it. You are a slave to your suspicion and your closed mindedness is most florid. I bet most of the fear mongerers here don't know the answer anyway however much they try to drop tantalising tips that they do. |